Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-05-13

Beauty is blossom.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Birth is much, breeding more.
Brag is a good dog, but holdfast is
better.
Borrowed garments never fit well.
Bought wit is the best wit.
Bricks don't make home nor bind
ing book.
Circumstances alter cases.
Creaking ships run long while.
Competition is the life OF trade.
Corporations have no souls.
Curses, like chickens, 60 home to
roost.
Charity should begin at home.
Coming events cast their shadows
before.
Confessing fault half amends it.
Convince a man against his will,
he's of the same opinion still.
Can't get blood out of a turnip.
Cut you coat according to your
cloth.
Charity covers multitude OF sins.
Discomfort is charming lap-dog.
Desperate diseases require desperate
remedies.
Discretion is the better part of valor.
Dead mems shoes fit well.
Distance lends enchantment to the
view.
Dead men tell no tales. [Southern-
ers.]
Don't count your chickens before
they're Matched. .
Don't cross the bridge until you
come to it.
Don't meet trouble half way.
Don't cook hare before you catch
it.
Don't throw money into hopper.
Don't swap horses while crossing q
stream.
Dropping water wears the rock.
Domestic infidelity is thorn in the
flesh.
Death loves shining mark.
Dreams go by contraries.
Every stream finds its own channel.
Every man is his own doctor.
Every man is supposed to know his
own business best.
Every trade has its tricks.
Every dog has had his day.
Every man has his weak point.
Every tub should stand on its own
bottom.
Evil to him who evil thinks.
Evil communications corrupt good
manners.
Eager ears can hear anything.
Empty wagons make the most
noise.
Facts are stubborn things.
Fate has no feeling.
Forbearance may cease to be a vir-
tue.
FOOLS names and FOOLS faces oft ap-
pear in public places.
Froth is sure to come to the surface.
Friday is the best or worst Of days.
Good goods come in small packages.
Go not in the way Of Wall street.
Greed kills the goose that lays the
golden eggs.
Guess work is good as any-if it
hits. r.srf-r Ns
Good blood tells.
Hard to teach an old dog new tricks.
Harder the storm the sooner over.
Human nature semper idem.
Hunger is good sauce.
He laughs best who laughs last.
He is best served who serves himself.
Heaven helps those who help them
selves. .
Honesty is the best policy.
Honesty is its own reward.
1t takes two to quarrel.
1t takes a smart man to be fool.
It is no use to save dimes and scat
ter dollars.
1t makes all the difference as to
whose OK is gored.
1t makes all the difference as to
which end of a horn comes foremost.
1t all goes in ones lifetime.
1t is never too late to mend.
If the shoe fits wear it.
If woman browns hunt her up
stream.
If wishes were horses the beggars
might ride.
In multitudes of counsellors there
is wisdom.
Ill news travels fast.
1t is easy to advise other folks.
1t is long lane that has no turn
ing.
1t is the truth that cuts.
It is an i'll wind that blows nobody
good.
1t takes all sorts of people to make
a world.
1t never rains but it pours.
1t is bad luck to turn back.
1t is good luck to turn back once.
It is q poor rule that won't work
both ways.
1t is easy to make straw men.
1t is we'll to have the courage of
ones convictions.
1t takes two to make bargain.
Jack of all trades, master of none.